August goes to university as a track star poised for success, and hoping to get out from under his overbearing sisters influence. There he meets Segun, who is openly gay, which in Nigeria is illegal, and he can't stop thinking about him. While their love blooms, August feel unable to come out, under pressure from …
Continue reading And Then He Sang A Lullaby by Ani Kayode Somtochukwu
Rilke is an auctioneer in Glasgow, and attending a friends wedding when he's given a friendly tip about an upcoming estate sale. When the man who gave him the tip turns up dead the next day, the police dismiss is as another overdose by a man living a "risky lifestyle" (aka, gay), but Rilke can't …
I was sent this book by the publisher (Homeport Press) for an honest review. A Book Of Revelations is a group of short stories by award winning author AC Burch, and the stories are all set around the areas that the author knows well: Provincetown and South Beach. The stories in this collection all focus …
A more fun book this week than usual, a Victorian mystery/thriller about a girl who has inherited a criminal empire from her grandmother and must learn how to use her new power wisely. But as she is coming into her own, her long lost brother asks her to shelter a child, and she soon finds …
Continue reading Kitty Peck & The Child Of Ill Fortune by Kate Griffin
I first met Simon on a film shoot about 5 or 6 years ago. He was brought in as a writer, and I liked the way he was so intelligent and down to earth. He was funny. Catching a train back into central London together, he surprised me by making little quips about Australian politics …
Continue reading Simon Jay’s Bastardography: a memoir of coming out, bullying, and bipolar disorder.
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